The actor had a difficult time consecrate his long-awaited sequel.
Joker 2 is about to hit theaters around the world and, as one of the most anticipated films of the year, it promises to raise expectations for its story. Such is the singing element that was incorporated into the film with the addition of Lady Gaga. But wasn’t it easy to sing for Joaquin Phoenix? Find out why “he didn’t like it” and the actor came out “sick” from his days on set.
It’s been 5 years since the first installment of Joker and, under an even more artistic and profound approach, the sequel to Todd Phillipps is waiting to renew the world of Arthur Feck. With a love crush and his apparent escape from Arkham Asylumthe crime clown will embark on a new journey that will require everything; run, fight, fall in love and sing. But in order to achieve this, its two stars, Gaga and Phoenix, had to overcome their limits and achieve new skills to perfectly portray their love story.
Didn’t you like singing?
Regarding what awaits us in the film, the interpreter of Shallow spoke in The Graham Norton Show and explained that Joker 2 “It breaks genres in many ways,” since “it’s fun, it’s a drama, there’s dancing, there’s music, and everything conspires to make this movie unique and special.” So the addition of the song was a challenge that undeniably changed the cards of the game.
Thus, Gaga confessed in an interview that, at first, Joaquin Phoenix He resented the new musical scenes of the sequel, but it was his professionalism that made him stand out and consecrate all his sound sequences:
“He didn’t like it at first, which was hard, but he did it and he was phenomenal.”
With this, the singer recognized that, without a doubt, the sum of the element did require a special titanic effort with which both of them surpassed themselves.
“It was very fun and interesting to do and looking back on it it may be the most vulnerable song I’ve ever done,” Gaga said.
How did he manage to do it?
For his part, in another interview for Entertainment Weekly, Todd Phillipsdirector of Joker 2confessed that, although the scenes for the film were achieved, the singing and dancing scenes did require mutual support from both artists in which each one drew on their experience to improve the other’s interpretation.
“The truth is that they gave each other advice. He gave her acting advice; She’s been in movies, but he’s Joaquin Phoenix. She gave him advice about music because she’s Lady Gaga. “It’s what movies should be: a gigantic collaboration,” he explained.
However, the challenge was so great for both actors that, like Gaga, Phillips revealed that Phoenix did have hard moments during filming and even though the singer gave him “one hundred percent” instructions to complete his musical pieces, the protagonist of Napoleon He ended up poorly given the capabilities his job required.
“[Joaquin Phoenix] I was sick every day [de nervios por esas partes de la producción]”, explained the director.
As Todd explained, the singing scenes required the actor and the singer to carry out specific filming of said sequences 9 days after filming began, but “the place the duo arrived at was magical to witness.”
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